Between Then and Now
Oil On Canvas, 40 x 30 inches, 2025.
Where memory falters, art reimagines the truth we carry—between presence, loss, and longing.
BETWEEN THEN AND NOW (40 x 30, oil on canvas) is based on a candid 1970s photograph of my parents. Part of my Family Archiving series, this work explores how memory, grief, and cultural identity evolve over time. Symbolic objects like a coffee pot, cups, and cigarettes become anchors of love and loss. Through intentional shifts in color and composition, I reimagine personal history to ask: What is truth in family memory—and does it matter? As a diasporic Armenian, this painting is a gesture of preservation and a bridge between inherited memory and the future.
Topographies of Longing | SWANA Group Exhibition at VAV Gallery, Montreal (May 2025)
Topographies of Longing, a juried May 2025 exhibition at VAV Gallery in Montreal, showcased artists of SWANA (South West Asian and North African) descent. Featuring Marie Khediguian’s Between Then & Now and Nairi & Ara, the show centered voices often marginalized or misrepresented in mainstream art spaces.